UNH 'bystander' program gets attention after campus attack

Holly Ramer

Wednesday

Nov 25, 2009 at 2:53 PMNov 25, 2009 at 2:55 PM

DURHAM (AP) — A University of New Hampshire program that teaches onlookers how to intervene in potentially dangerous situations is getting more attention after two recent attacks, one on campus and one across the country.

DURHAM (AP) — A University of New Hampshire program that teaches onlookers how to intervene in potentially dangerous situations is getting more attention after two recent attacks, one on campus and one across the country.

University President Mark Huddleston recently sent a blunt letter to students chastising those who walked by without offering to help a student who was badly beaten last month. He praised the school's "Bringing in the Bystander" program and said it should be expanded beyond its focus on preventing sexual violence.

The program and others like it elsewhere have been in the spotlight after the gang-rape of a 15-year-old girl in Richmond, Calif., that police say was committed by as many as 10 people and witnessed by as many as 20.

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